Birth Name: James Donald Bowman
Place of Birth: Middletown, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 2, 1984
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, some Scottish, Irish, German, distant French and Welsh
JD Vance is an American commentator, politician, venture capitalist, and author. He wrote the book Hillbilly Elegy.
JD is the son of Bev Vance and Donald Bowman. He went under the name James Hamel for a time, the surname of his adoptive stepfather. He later took on his mother’s family name. JD was largely raised by his maternal grandparents. His family is from an Appalachian background. JD served in the U.S. Marine Corps, in the Iraq War.
JD is married to Usha Chilukuri Vance, with whom he has three children. Usha is of Indian origin. Raised an evangelical Christian, JD converted to Catholicism in 2019.
JD’s paternal grandfather was named Don C. Bowman. Don was born in Kentucky.
JD’s maternal grandfather was the son of a father surnamed Vance, and of Goldie Taulbee. Goldie was the daughter of John Miles Taulbee and Mary Elizabeth Rudd.
JD’s maternal grandmother was Bonnie Lois Blanton (the daughter of Blaine Blanton and Doica Howard). Bonnie was born in Kentucky. Blaine was the son of Samuel Tildon Blanton and Nancy Ann Burton. Doica was the daughter of Leander Daniel Lee Howard and Louisa Elizabeth Mann.
Source: Genealogy of JD Vance – https://www.geni.com
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